xvii, 727 pages : 24 cm

"This is a major survey of the American past from the earliest colonial settlements to the present day. It traces the political, intellectual, economic, and cultural development of a distinctive American society, without losing sight of its continued connections with the Old World. Swelled by a continuous flux of immigration, the population of the United States spread with astonishing rapidity over a vast continent, evolving a new system of government and creating extraordinary wealth. Maldwyn A. Jones assesses not only the epic achievements of the nation, but also the tensions and limitations of the society behind the 'American dream'." "In this second edition Professor Jones has continued his study to the present, with a new chapter examining the conservative revival of the 1980s and the presidential election of 1992. He has included an additional map, incorporated the most recently available statistics into the population tables, and completely revised and updated the Bibliography."--Jacket

Bibliography (pages 633-672) and index

Colonial foundations, 1607-1760 -- Provincial expansion, 1700-1763 -- Revolution and independence, 1763-1783 -- The revolutionary transformation, 1776-1789 -- The Federalist age, 1789-1801 -- Jeffersonian republicanism, 1801-1824 -- The expanding union, 1815-1860 -- The politics of egalitarianism, 1824-1844 -- Social and cultural ferment, 1820-1860 -- Westward expansion and sectional conflict, 1844-1850 -- The road to secession, 1850-1861 -- The Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Reconstruction, 1865-1877 -- The new South and white supremacy, 1877-1914 -- Taming the West, 1865-1900 -- The growth of an industrial economy, 1865-1914 -- Society and culture in the industrial era, 1860-1910 -- Politics from conservatism to revolt, 1877-1896 -- The progressive era, 1900-1917 -- The United States and world affairs, 1865-1914 -- The United States and the First World War, 1914-1920 -- After the war, 1919-1929 -- The Great Depression, 1929-1939 -- Foreign policy between the wars, 1921-1941 -- Global war, 1941-1945 -- Cold War tensions, 1945-1960 -- The troubled years, 1960-1980 -- American society and culture, 1940-1980 -- The conservative counter-revolution, 1980-1992

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